Scottish Executive

Central Heating

Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many homes in each local authority area qualify for central heating and insulation installation according to the criteria currently being used in its central heating programme.

Jackie Baillie: Local authorities and housing associations have advised that they have the number of dwellings eligible for the central heating programme as set out in tables 1 and 2. The authorities not shown have no dwellings which lack central heating. Details on the housing association sector are not available by local authority area. We estimate that some 40,000 homeowners and private renters throughout Scotland are eligible for the programme but this figure cannot be disaggregated to local authority level.

  Table 1

  Local authority dwellings

  


Council 
  

Dwellings 
  



Aberdeen 
  

83 
  



Angus 
  

6 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

150 
  



Dundee City 
  

2,668 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

540 
  



East Dumbarton 
  

12 
  



East Lothian 
  

10 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

650 
  



Edinburgh 
  

590 
  



Falkirk 
  

106 
  



Fife 
  

1,086 
  



Glasgow City 
  

12,138 
  



Highland 
  

40 
  



Inverclyde 
  

83 
  



Midlothian 
  

81 
  



Orkney 
  

126 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

637 
  



Shetland 
  

82 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

3,200 
  



West Dumbarton 
  

545 
  



Total 
  

22,833 
  



  Table 2

  Housing association dwellings

  


Housing association 
  

Dwellings 
  



Abbeyfield Edinburgh 
  

8 
  



Abertay 
  

422 
  



Bute 
  

57 
  



Canmore 
  

325 
  



Castle Rock 
  

35 
  



Castlemilk East 
  

58 
  



Dunedin 
  

150 
  



East Kilbride & District 
  

8 
  



Edinvar 
  

169 
  



Elderpark 
  

469 
  



Glasgow Jewish 
  

33 
  



Glasgow West 
  

79 
  



Govan 
  

287 
  



Govanhill 
  

60 
  



Gowrie 
  

64 
  



Hillcrest 
  

123 
  



Hjaltland 
  

30 
  



Lanarkshire 
  

12 
  



Link 
  

300 
  



Linthouse 
  

435 
  



Lister 
  

11 
  



Lorne 
  

114 
  



Maryhill 
  

222 
  



Old Town 
  

42 
  



Paisley South 
  

14 
  



Paragon 
  

97 
  



Parkhead 
  

56 
  



Partick 
  

728 
  



Port of Leith 
  

400 
  



Prospect Community Housing 
  

77 
  



Queens Cross 
  

106 
  



Reidvale 
  

153 
  



Southside 
  

121 
  



Springburn & Possilpark 
  

121 
  



Thistle 
  

289 
  



Tollcross 
  

81 
  



Victoria 
  

22 
  



West Highland 
  

15 
  



West of Scotland 
  

355 
  



Whiteinch & Scotland 
  

55 
  



Williamsburgh 
  

20 
  



Yoker 
  

50 
  



Yorkhill 
  

127 
  



Total 
  

6,400

Crime Prevention

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what grants have been made under the Challenge Competition Fund in the Lothian and BORDERs areas for closed circuit television in each year since 1997 and which projects have been funded.

Iain Gray: Since 1997 the Lothian and BORDERs area has received the following funding for CCTV:

  


BORDERs 1996-97 (£) 
  



Eyemouth Town Centre 
  

47,963.75 
  



Hawick Town Centre 
  

48,000.00 
  



Total 
  

95,963.75 
  



  


BORDERs 1997-98 (£) 
  



Galashiels Town Centre 
  

11,500 
  



Kelso Town Centre 
  

38,000 
  



Total 
  

49,500 
  



  


BORDERs 1998-99 (£) 
  



Peebles Town Centre 
  

42,000 
  



Total 
  

42,000 
  



  


BORDERs 1999-2000 (£) 
  



Melrose Town Centre 
  

32,000 
  



Total 
  

32,000 
  



  


BORDERs 2001-02 (£) 
  



Selkirk 
  

30,000 
  



Duns 
  

40,000 
  



Total 
  

70,000 
  



  


East Lothian 1996-97 (£) 
  



Musselburgh Town Centre 
  

80,000 
  



Total 
  

80,000 
  



  


East Lothian 1997-98 (£) 
  



Haddington Town Centre 
  

80,000 
  



Total 
  

80,000 
  



  


East Lothian 1998-99 (£) 
  



Prestonpans Town Centre 
  

79,350 
  



Tranent Town Centre 
  

56,100 
  



Total 
  

135,450 
  



  


East Lothian 2001-02 (£) 
  



Wallyford 
  

20,000 
  



Total 
  

20,000 
  



  


Edinburgh 1996-97 (£) 
  



Edinburgh City Centre 
  

92,500 
  



Muirhouse Shopping Centre 
  

50,000 
  



Total 
  

142,500 
  



  


Edinburgh 1999-2000 (£) 
  



Thistle Foundation 
  

40,000 
  



Total 
  

40,000 
  



  


Edinburgh 2000-01 (£) 
  



Muirhouse 
  

47,500 
  



Old Town/Haymarket 
  

72,000 
  



Southhouse/Burdiehouse 
  

50,000 
  



Westerhailes Partnership 
  

88,770 
  



Total 
  

258,270 
  



  


Edinburgh 2001-02 (£) 
  



Craigmillar Partnership 
  

96,000 
  



Gilmerton Safety in Focus 
  

40,000 
  



Restalrig in View 
  

40,000 
  



Challenge the Negative Vision 
  

70,000 
  



Total 
  

246,000 
  



  


Midlothian 1996-97 (£) 
  



Penicuik Town Centre 
  

50,000 
  



Total 
  

50,000 
  



  


Midlothian 1999-2000 (£) 
  



Bonnyrigg, Dalkeith & Penicuik Schools 
  

64,000 
  



Total 
  

64,000 
  



  


Midlothian 2001-02 (£) 
  



Danderhall 
  

25,000 
  



Loanhead 
  

40,000 
  



Bonnyrigg 
  

45,000 
  



Total 
  

110,000 
  



  


West Lothian 1998-99 (£) 
  



Linlithgow Town Centre 
  

41,500 
  



Uphall & Livingston Railways 
  

17,000 
  



Total 
  

58,500 
  



  


West Lothian 1999-2000 (£) 
  



Ivanhoe/Kenilworth Rise and Dedridge 
  

24,000 
  



Total 
  

24,000

Digital Television

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what the current coverage of (a) ultra high frequency digital and (b) analogue television is in terms of (i) land mass and (ii) percentage of population.

Allan Wilson: This is a matter for the Independent Television Commission. The information is not held centrally.

Disability Discrimination Act

Margaret Jamieson (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (Lab): To ask the Scottish Executive what guidance has been given to local authorities on the implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in relation to school building.

Nicol Stephen: The Disability Rights Commission is currently consulting on a code of practice about the implementation in schools of the provisions in the Act.

  The duty in Part IV of the Act (as amended) on education providers to plan for increased access to the physical environment of schools and the curriculum is devolved. Scottish ministers are considering how best to bring in this duty to plan to progressively improve the accessibility of the school environment, school information and the curriculum to disabled pupils, and they expect to announce their proposals shortly.

Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many residential places are available across Scotland for the treatment of drug and alcohol addiction, broken down by health board area.

Iain Gray: This information is not held centrally.

Drug and Alcohol Misuse

Mr Lloyd Quinan (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in Scotland are (a) drugs dependent and (b) alcohol dependent, broken down by age, gender and health board area.

Iain Gray: The information requested is not held centrally. The findings from a national prevalence study of problematic drug misuse, commissioned by the Executive, will be available shortly.

Finance

Brian Adam (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16758 by Susan Deacon on 31 July 2001, whether there are any as yet unallocated capital and revenue resources within budget headings other than health.

Angus MacKay: All resources within the budget for 2001-02 are allocated to specific programmes. During the financial year resources may become available due to savings or slippage in individual programmes. These are used to meet emergency pressures or fund new developments. The committee will have the chance to scrutinise any in-year changes to the allocation of resources in the autumn and spring budget revisions.

Football

Mr Kenny MacAskill (Lothians) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what funding was made available for the grass roots development of football in each year since 1999; what the amount was of each grant awarded for this purpose, and to whom each grant was awarded.

Allan Wilson: The information requested is not readily available and cannot be obtained without disproportionate cost.

  Sportscotland operate a number of grants programmes which are open to sports governing bodies and other organisations involved in the development of sport at all levels and the provision of sports facilities.

Health

Colin Campbell (West of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how many children identified as having Waardenburg Syndrome have a Record of Needs, broken down by local authority area.

Malcolm Chisholm: This information is not available centrally. A minority of children with Waardenburg’s Syndrome have serious hearing problems, and they would be treated in the same way as children who have hearing loss from other causes. Apart from hearing loss, children with this rare genetic condition do not usually have particular health problems.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the domiciliary eye test is available to all those who would benefit from the service.

Susan Deacon: NHS domiciliary visits are available to those who are eligible for NHS sight tests and who are unable to leave unaccompanied the place where they normally reside because of physical or mental illness or disability.

Health

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what action it has taken, or intends to take, in light of the findings of the publication The Effectiveness of Public Health Nursing: A Review of Systematic Reviews .

Susan Deacon: The report The Effectiveness of Public Health Nursing: A Review of Systematic Reviews was commissioned by the Chief Scientist Office to inform the review of the contribution of nurses, midwives and health visitors to improving the public’s health. Its recommendations take account of the findings of the review of systematic reviews and were published in Nursing for Health in March 2001.

  In view of the wealth of evidence identified by The Effectiveness of Public Health Nursing: A review of Systematic Reviews, copies have been widely disseminated to practitioners and public health leaders and academics across NHS Scotland in order to inform clinical practice.

Hospitals

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much revenue has been raised by the sale of Bangour Village Hospital.

Susan Deacon: West Lothian Healthcare NHS Trust is still in negotiations with the preferred bidder and no final sale price has been agreed.

  It is hoped that negotiations will be completed within the next two months.

Housing

Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much the Glasgow Housing Association has spent to date and whether it will provide a detailed breakdown of this expenditure.

Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive how much public money the Glasgow Housing Association has received to date; whether any of this money was ring-fenced for specific purposes, and, if so, what these purposes were.

Jackie Baillie: In 2000-01, £3.401 million of New Housing Partnership resources was allocated to meet purchaser’s pre-transfer costs in connection with the proposed transfer of Glasgow City Council’s housing stock. The actual spend at 31 March 2001 was £3.043 million.

  A further £15 million has been earmarked for allowable transfer costs expected to occur after 31 March 2001 (actual spend as at 17 August £1.102 million). These resources are required for a variety of activities including tenant consultation, business planning and setting up local housing organisations, and will be recoverable in the event of a successful transfer.

Housing

Tommy Sheridan (Glasgow) (SSP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15291 by Ms Margaret Curran on 17 May 2001, whether sufficient details of the Glasgow housing stock transfer are now available for the VAT implications to be assessed; if so, whether, in the event of a vote for stock transfer in the forthcoming ballot, the Glasgow Housing Association will have to pay VAT on its planned capital expenditure and, if so, how much VAT it expects the association will have to pay, in both real and cash terms, in the period over which this expenditure is planned.

Jackie Baillie: The implications of VAT will be neutral to tenants because the effects of VAT will be reflected in the transfer price. The impact on the public purse would also be neutral since the impact on the price would be offset over time by VAT payments. The level of VAT payable under the Glasgow Housing Association’s proposal is a matter for that organisation in line with its business plan.

Housing

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the Housing Improvement Task Force is the only group looking at the issue of sellers’ surveys and, if not, whether it will give details of any other such groups, including their remit, membership and meetings held to date, and details of when the task force and any other groups are due to report.

Jackie Baillie: The remit of the Housing Improvement Task Force includes consideration of the likely effect of providing better information about the condition of the property as part of the house purchase process, taking account of proposals for sellers surveys and sellers packs.

  There are no other groups established by the Scottish Executive which are currently considering issues relating to sellers surveys.

Housing (Scotland) Act 2001

Linda Fabiani (Central Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail all secondary legislation provided for under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 and the timetable for such legislation coming into force.

Jackie Baillie: The powers to make secondary legislation under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2001 are summarised in the Memorandum submitted to the Subordinate Legislation Committee at the time of the introduction of the Bill into Parliament on 18 December 2000 and the supplementary Memorandum submitted to the Committee following Stage 2 amendments. These Memoranda, which are obtainable through the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. Number 16392 and 16393), set out the frequency with which we expect these powers to be used. The precise timing of the use of these powers will be established as we proceed with the implementation of the Act in the next 18 months and beyond.

Justice

Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15496 by Mr Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001, what penalties were imposed on the 1,081 offenders found guilty of driving whilst disqualified in 1999 whose convictions did not result in custody, a community service order or admonition.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information requested is given in the table.

  Number of offences of driving while disqualified with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the outcome was not custody, a community service order or admonition, 1999

  


Main Penalty 
  

Number of offences 
  



Fine 
  

 805 
  



Probation 
  

 252 
  



Other1


 24 
  



Total 
  

 1,081 
  



  Notes:

  1. Includes restriction of liberty order, remit to children’s hearing, compensation order, absolute discharge and no order made.

Justice

Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what range of fines was imposed on drivers found guilty of driving whilst disqualified in 1999, what total amount of fines was levied and what monies in respect of those fines have been received to date.

Mr Jim Wallace: The available information, which relates to 1999, is given in the table. Information on the amount of money received to date in respect of these fines is not readily available.

  Fines imposed in Scottish courts where the offence was driving while disqualified, 1999

  


Type of offence 
  

Amount of fine (£) 
  

 


£ 
  



 


1-100 
  

101-200 
  

201-300 
  

301-400 
  

401-500 
  

Over 500 
  

No separate figure 
  

Total 
  

Average
fine1


Amount of fines levied by courts1




Driving while disqualified 
  

106 
  

226 
  

219 
  

78 
  

103 
  

64 
  

9 
  

805 
  

325 
  

259,080 
  



  Notes:

  1. Excludes fines for which no separate figure is given.

Justice

Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-15495 by Mr Jim Wallace on 6 June 2001, what penalties were imposed on the 10,669 offenders found guilty of driving without insurance whose convictions did not result in custody, a community service order or admonition.

Mr Jim Wallace: The information requested is given in the table.

  Number of offences of failing to insure against third party risks with a charge proved in Scottish courts where the outcome was not custody, a community service order or admonition, 1999

  


Main Penalty 
  

Number of offences 
  



Fine 
  

 10,288 
  



Probation 
  

 312 
  



Other1


 69 
  



Total 
  

 10,669 
  



  Notes:

  1. Includes restriction of liberty order, supervised attendance order, remit to children’s hearing, caution, absolute discharge and no order made.

Justice

Phil Gallie (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive what range of fines was imposed on drivers found guilty of driving without insurance in 1999, what total amount of fines was levied and what monies in respect of those fines have been received to date.

Mr Jim Wallace: The available information, which relates to 1999, is given in the table. Information on the amount of money received to date in respect of these fines is not readily available.

  Fines imposed in Scottish courts where the offence was failing to insure against third party risks, 1999

  


Type of offence 
  

Amount of fine (£) 
  

£ 
  



1-100 
  

101-200 
  

201-300 
  

301-400 
  

401-500 
  

Over 500 
  

No separate figure 
  

Total 
  

Average fine1


Amount of fines levied by Scottish courts1






Failing to insure against third party risks 
  

 4,876 
  

 4,123 
  

 942 
  

124 
  

83 
  

36 
  

 104 
  

10,288 
  

141 
  

1,436,083 
  



  Notes:

  1. Excludes fines for which no separate figure is given.

Local Government Elections

Mr Keith Harding (Mid Scotland and Fife) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether it will detail any implications for its plans to change the date of the next local authority elections arising from the incorporation of European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) into Scots law.

Peter Peacock: There are no implications as it is not considered that there is anything in the proposals put forward in this Bill which will infringe ECHR.

Mental Health

Mr Adam Ingram (South of Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive when it plans to respond to the proposal by West Lothian Health Care NHS Trust and West Lothian Council with regard to the building of a new hospital for mental health patients.

Susan Deacon: NHS Lothian’s Mental Health Strategy proposes a major shift from hospital to community-based health care, which would see a reduction in the number of mental illness continuing care beds in West Lothian.

  NHS Lothian and its planning partners propose to build a substantial network of community services, which would include community psychiatric nursing, supported accommodation services and intensive home treatment services.

  A criteria submission for the development of a Mental Health After Care Service has been submitted to the Scottish Executive for approval. The proposal is for a joint service established by West Lothian Healthcare Trust and West Lothian Council, which combines care for this client group with the more dependant residents of a residential home at the cost of £3.4 million capital.

  The criteria submission is currently being circulated. It is anticipated that a response will be sent to the Trust within the next month.

National Parks

Mr Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive whether the staff of the Cairngorms national park will include individuals with expertise in wildlife ecology, conservation, landscape and experience of other national parks or similar areas.

Rhona Brankin: It will be for the Cairngorms National Park Authority to determine the qualities required of park staff. However, to ensure it meets the park’s statutory aims:

  of conserving and enhancing the natural and cultural heritage of the area;

  of promoting sustainable use of the natural resources of the area;

  of promoting understanding and enjoyment (including enjoyment in the form of recreation) of the special qualities of the area by the public;

  of promoting sustainable economic and social development of the area’s communities, and

  the authority will no doubt seek to employ personnel with skills and competencies appropriate to these aims.

Public Sector Ombudsmen

Mr Duncan Hamilton (Highlands and Islands) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive whether responses to its consultation paper A Modern Complaints System: Consultation Paper for Public Sector Ombudsmen in Scotland favoured the inclusion of enterprise external adjudicators in a "one stop shop", whether it intends to create such posts and, if so, (a) when the adjudicators will be appointed; (b) where they will be located; (c) what their salary scale will be; (d) to whom they will be responsible, and (e) when and how often they will report the details of their findings.

Angus MacKay: The consultation paper, a copy of which I sent to each member, proposes that the External Complaints Adjudicators will be wound up and that complaints relating to Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise will instead be dealt with by the new Scottish Public Sector Ombudsman. The closing date for responses to the consultation paper is 8 October 2001 so it is too early to say whether the responses favour this proposal.

Public Transport

Mr Mike Rumbles (West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17272 by Sarah Boyack on 24 August 2001, how much allowance for expenditure on subsidised bus services is included within the general local government finance settlement allocations in the current financial year, broken down by local authority.

Sarah Boyack: No allowance is specifically ear-marked for expenditure on subsidised bus services within the local government finance settlement. However, provision is made for this area of expenditure within each council’s total grant allocation. It is for each council to determine its total expenditure on these services. Councils budgeted expenditure on subsidised bus services in the current year is shown in the following table:

  


 


Budget Estimates 2001-02
(£000) 
  



Aberdeen, City 
  

41 
  



Aberdeenshire 
  

1,310 
  



Angus 
  

556 
  



Argyll and Bute 
  

1,763 
  



Clackmannanshire 
  

486 
  



Dumfries and Galloway 
  

1,901 
  



Dundee 
  

658 
  



East Ayrshire 
  

541 
  



East Dunbartonshire 
  

669 
  



East Lothian 
  

552 
  



East Renfrewshire 
  

441 
  



Edinburgh, City 
  

-484 
  



Eilean Siar 
  

1,116 
  



Falkirk 
  

1,608 
  



Fife 
  

1,237 
  



Glasgow 
  

4,238 
  



Highland 
  

1,112 
  



Inverclyde 
  

617 
  



Midlothian 
  

598 
  



Moray 
  

430 
  



North Ayrshire 
  

642 
  



North Lanarkshire 
  

2,219 
  



Orkney 
  

199 
  



Perth and Kinross 
  

1,040 
  



Renfrewshire 
  

1,666 
  



Scottish BORDERs 
  

935 
  



Shetland 
  

653 
  



South Ayrshire 
  

801 
  



South Lanarkshire 
  

1,188 
  



Stirling 
  

967 
  



West Dunbartonshire 
  

337 
  



West Lothian 
  

1,245 
  



Scotland 
  

31,282

Scottish Executive Correspondence

David Mundell (South of Scotland) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive when the Minister for Environment and Rural Development will respond to my letter of 13 June 2001 regarding the slaughter of feral goats near Moffat.

Ross Finnie: With apologies for the delay, I replied on 1 October 2001.

Social Justice

Brian Adam (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-16764 by Jackie Baillie on 31 July 2001, when level III information on the social justice budget will be published.

Jackie Baillie: In response to question S1W-16746, we set out our revised social justice expenditure plans, following the Minister for Finance’s budget statement on 28 June. On 20 September, the Executive published the draft budget for 2002-03, which sets out our expenditure plans down to level III for next year.

  Due to the presentational conventions for setting out budget information, it is not possible to include arrangements for the carry forward of underspends from one year to the next in detail as part of this publication. As such there are differences to those figures published in response to question S1W-16746. However, to assist the Social Justice Committee’s consideration of phase 2 of the budget process, I have provided the committee with the detailed social justice budget set out in the budget consultation document but inclusive of the effect of agreed end year flexibility.

  These figures are dependent on final decisions on end year flexibility for social justice and will therefore likely be subject to further slight change. These changes will be published formally when revisions to this year’s budget are put to the Parliament later in the autumn.

Speech Therapy

Tavish Scott (Shetland) (LD): To ask the Scottish Executive when the review of speech and language therapy services will be published.

Nicol Stephen: Ministers have agreed the following terms of reference for the review:

  an examination of the supply of speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists to meet the needs of children requiring these therapies;

  an examination of the management and organisation of speech and language therapists, physiotherapists and occupational therapists for children with special educational needs;

  an examination of how the current funding mechanisms for speech and language therapy services for children operate and how these might be improved;

  consideration of whether the funding mechanisms for speech and language therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy services for children should be aligned, and

  an examination of the supply, management and organisation of speech and language therapy for adults with learning disabilities.

  The review will commence later this year and a copy of the report will go to ministers in early 2002. Thereafter, a decision will be taken on publication of the report.

Tobacco Advertising

Mary Scanlon (Highlands and Islands) (Con): To ask the Scottish Executive whether any statistics are available which provide evidence that a ban on tobacco advertising reduces the amount of tobacco smoked and consequently the death rate from smoking-related diseases.

Susan Deacon: I refer the member to the answer given to question S1W-16601 on 22 August 2001.

Water Authorities

Richard Lochhead (North-East Scotland) (SNP): To ask the Scottish Executive what salaries and benefits are received by the chief executives and chairmen of each water authority and by what percentage these increased in 2001-02.

Ross Finnie: Scottish Executive guidance on Public Appointments: Pay of Chairmen, Board Members and Chief Executives in 2001-02 was issued to the water authorities in July. The figures in the table include the recommended increase of 3 per cent, which is still to be applied.

  


Water Authority 
  

NoSWA 
  

ESWA 
  

WoSWA 
  



Chief executive 
  

Katharine Bryan 
  

Jon Hargreaves 
  

Charlie Cornish 
  



Salary package in 2000-01 
  

£115,0001


£130,000 
  

Not applicable 
  



Basic salary for 2001-02 (after 3% uplift) 
  

£123,6002


£133,900 
  

£123,600 
  



Performance-related bonus 
  

Up to 10% of basic salary 
  

Up to 10% of basic salary 
  

Up to 10% of basic salary 
  



Pension Contributions 
  

12% 
  

14.7% 
  

12% 
  



Chairman 
  

Colin Rennie 
  

Bob Cairns 
  

Alan Alexander 
  



Basic Salary in 2000-01 
  

£27,813 
  

£27,809 
  

£25,466 
  



After 3% uplift for 2001-02 
  

£28,6473


£28,643 
  

£26,230 
  



Pension Contributions 
  

£3,000 
  

£1,696 
  

£3,000 
  



  Notes:

  1. Includes taxable benefit of £10,000.

  2. Includes consolidation of taxable benefit and £5,000 uplift from 1 April 2001.

  3. Accountable expenses are received in addition.

Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body

Parliamentary Allowances

Mr David Davidson (North-East Scotland) (Con): To ask the Presiding Officer what information was made available to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body that led it to decide that the Minister for Parliament should be granted an Edinburgh Accommodation Allowance under the Members’ Allowances Scheme to either purchase or lease accommodation in Edinburgh.

Sir David Steel: The Members’ Allowances Scheme provides for members whose main residence falls within certain constituencies to be eligible for an allowance of up to £9,446 (based on actual expenditure incurred) to cover costs associated with the rent or purchase of a property in Edinburgh. In accordance with the provisions of the scheme, members not automatically covered may apply to the SPCB to be considered for this allowance.

  The information supplied by the member concerned to the SPCB related to travel times, workload and attendance requirements as a Business Manager. Exact details of the application, like any other application made by an individual member to the SPCB concerning matters personal to that member, are confidential between the SPCB and the member.